Title :
Inkjet printed flexible transmission lines for high frequency applications up to 67 GHz
Author :
Belhaj, M.M. ; Wei Wei ; Pallecchi, E. ; Mismer, Colin ; Roch-jeune, Isabel ; Happy, H.
Author_Institution :
IEMN, Villeneuve d´Ascq, France
Abstract :
This letter introduces radio frequency(RF) characterization of ink-jet printed coplanar waveguides (CPW) with and without strain. Kapton is selected as flexible substrate with different sintering temperature. With optimized inkjet printing parameters, well defined patterns with high resolution yield low attenuation constant even when operated up to 67GHz. Finally, we demonstrate that the RF performance of CPW is barely affected by bending.
Keywords :
coplanar transmission lines; coplanar waveguides; ink jet printing; flexible substrate; high frequency applications; high resolution yield low attenuation constant; ink-jet printed coplanar waveguides; inkjet printed flexible transmission lines; radio frequency characterization; sintering temperature; Attenuation; Conductivity; Coplanar waveguides; Printing; Substrates; Temperature measurement; Transmission line measurements; Bended RF characterization; Coplanar waveguide (CPW); Flexible; Inkjet Printing; Kapton; substrates;
Conference_Titel :
European Microwave Integrated Circuit Conference (EuMIC), 2014 9th
Conference_Location :
Rome
DOI :
10.1109/EuMIC.2014.6997924
